San Francisco 49ers News and Rumors

Russell Wilson threw four touchdown passes to move into second place for TD passes by a rookie, Marshawn Lynch scored twice, and the Seahawks clinched a spot in the NFC playoffs with a 42-13 rout of San Francisco on Sunday night.

It's Easier To Rout A Team When You're Making Catches Like This: Sunday Night Football, In Four GIFs

Seattle 42, San Francisco 13: In a battle of what Cris Collinsworth called two "top-end throwers"-i.e, two NFL quarterbacks, in this case Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick-it was Wilson who was the topper-end thrower; he looked like he had roughly t

Seahawks crushing 49ers at halftime, 28-6

When David Akers is the thing going right, you know things are going all wrong for the 49ers. Akers made a 54-yard field goal just before half, which allowed the 49ers to carve the Seahawks lead to 28-6. The Seahawks have now scored 136 points in their …

With San Diego moving closer to what G.M. A.J. Smith called in October a “new era of Chargers football,” a guy who was part of the old era of 49ers and Lions football is interested. Peter King of Sports Illustrated reported during Football Night in Am

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks had hoped to have cornerbacks Walter Thurmond or Marcus Trufant available to face the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night. Neither is active. The 49ers, meanwhile, are getting receiver Mario Manningham back from a shoulde…

The early feel from CenturyLink Field

2012 49ers-Seahawks Comparison SEATTLE -- There's a playoff-type feel at CenturyLink Field while the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks are warming up for their prime-time matchup. The pressbox is abuzz with activity as a larger-than-usual media c…

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts for the NFC West throw down between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: 49ers-Seahawks

Apparently the Patriots needed more than a week to recover from their hard-fought loss to the 49ers. In a game against the Jaguars that on paper looked like it should have been an easy win, the Patriots came out sleepwalking. Jaguars quarterback Chad He…

As the Seahawks prepare to host the 49ers on Sunday night, the home team most likely can count on the presence of one of their best defensive players in the lineup. Cornerback Richard Sherman, whose appeal on a four-game suspension for violating the lea…